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Hadith 3720
That he said to the Prophet (ﷺ) "You have not been of any avail to your uncle (Abu Talib) (though) by
Allah, he used to protect you and used to become angry on your behalf." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He is in a
shallow fire, and had It not been for me, he would have been in the bottom of the (Hell) Fire."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 63, Hadith 108
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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), while going out for the battle of Hunain, said, "Tomorrow Allah willing, we will
encamp at Khaif Bani Kinana where the pagans(of Quraish) took the oath of Kufr (against the Prophet (ﷺ)
i.e. to be loyal to heathenism, by boycotting Banu Hashim, the Prophet's folk. (See Hadith 1589) Sahih al-Bukhari Book 63, Hadith 107
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When Abu Talib was in his death bed, the Prophet (ﷺ) went to him while Abu Jahl was sitting beside him.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O my uncle! Say: None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, an expression
I will defend your case with, before Allah." Abu Jahl and `Abdullah bin Umaiya said, "O Abu Talib!
Will you leave the religion of `Abdul Muttalib?" So they kept on saying this to him so that the last
statement he said to them (before he died) was: "I am on the religion of `Abdul Muttalib." Then the
Prophet said, " I will keep on asking for Allah's Forgiveness for you unless I am forbidden to do so."
Then the following Verse was revealed:--
"It is not fitting for the Prophet (ﷺ) and the believers to ask Allah's Forgiveness for the pagans, even if
they were their near relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the (Hell)
Fire." (9.113)
The other Verse was also revealed:-- "(O Prophet!) Verily, you guide not whom you like, but Allah
guides whom He will ......." (28.56) Sahih al-Bukhari Book 63, Hadith 109